Chapter 10: Dinner Together and Opening Up

I didn’t leave the school immediately. It was just past four o’clock, and Leon would be out in less than an hour. Since it was Friday, Allen was originally supposed to pick him up. Now that I was here, I might as well wait and take him home, saving Allen the trip.

I wandered around the school for a bit. When I reached the school bulletin board, I saw several teachers posting something. Curious, I waited until they left and went over to look. It was a display of outstanding student essays. I read through them one by one; they were quite good. When I got to the eighth-grade section, the first essay posted was by Leon. The title was “My Mother”.